Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-07-07
DOWN ON THE NEGRO,
Why tho Republican Party Is Unanimous
in DenounCins the Colored Race.

Why tho Republican Party Is Unanimou,
in DenouncinG the Colored Race.
In recent speech on woman:
suffrage Senator ingalls,. of Kansas,
said: II have no hesitancy in saying
that granting the right of suffrage tc
the colored people has proven an alb
solute and unqualified failure" Sen.
ator Ingalls, is a Republican, and one
of the acknowledged leaders of his
party. 1t would be fair to presume
that he speaks for large portion OF
his party on the question of negro
suffrage. But we are not left to infer.
ence or conjecture on this point From
other Republican leaders and from
various Republican newspapers have
come expressions similar to those OF
Senator Ingalls, in his recent speech.
1t is a common thing to hear Re-
publicans in Congress declare that the
negro is failure as voter and i:
unfit to exercise the privilege of the
| ballot.
What is the logical result of such
reasoning? II Senator ingalls, and his
brother Republicans believe that the
negro is unfit to vote, they are driven
to one of two courses. They must
either perpetuate what they denounce
as an absolute and unqualified failure,
or they must disfranchise the negro,
The colored voter will thus see that. in
any event, he has little to expect from
the Republican party. If he is to vote
| at all, it is over their protest. 1t is
easy to understand the position of SEN
| ator ingalls, and the. other Republican
| leaders on the question of negro sui
frage.
When the negro became voter the
representation of the South and its
relative influence in Congress were
greatly increased. The Republicans
supposed that they could always con-
troll the negro vote, by arraying it in
opposition to the bulk of the white vote
of the South. This miserable policy
has failed. The white man and the
black man in the South are naturally
friendly. They understand each other
and trust each other 1t is true that a
negro voters blindly followed the lead
OF the carpet-baggers, who found
it easy to deceive this simple
hearted race. But gradually the
eyes of the negro We're opened.
He saw that be was mere tool
i'll the hands of designing men who
used him for their own advancement
He was robbed of his hard-earned saw
ings by his new fyiends. They fat
tened On public and private plumber
while the negro did the work and the
voting by which they proSpered. The !
result WAS inevitable. The negro !
found thas after all his tvuest and most
reliable friends were the white men
with whom he had been reared. They !
were readiest to come to lJs help when
he got INTO trouble. They cid not lie.
to him, and they never stole his money.
These facts have been imppessing tlas.
aegroes of the South more and more
t"rcibly during the past ten wears. The
election of President Cleveland, and
ms wise and Kind policy toward the
negro, have dcae much to, remove
whatever of political prejudice might
lave remained in his mind.
fszsw that he cas- not longer ke count
ID Is political slave of the Republic
IN party. but is becoming an indie
Intelligent voter, the Repub-
icaa leaders declage that he is utterly
of the ballot. If these, men
horid attempt to garry their views on
legrc suffrage to their logical result.
he democratic party will stand by the
legro and see that every right lis has
lnder the constitution and the laws of
is ce,antry shall preserved. 4fIan-
U Constitutions.